Platinum-selling Canadian favorites Great Big Sea has released today, June 24th, 2008, their new cd, Fortune’s Favour in the US and Canada with distribution through Red Eye in the US and the band’s long-time label, Warner Brothers Records in Canada, where the band remains based.
A major national tour in support of Fortune’s Favour has been announced today. The tour will kick off on Friday, August 15th, in Buffalo, NY, and is currently set to run through November 2008. Great Big Sea has been confirmed for NPR’s World Café on August 18th, following their show in Philadelphia. More dates are expected to follow. This is the band’s first US tour since 2002, when they appeared as part of the critically acclaimed Uprooted tour.
Great Big Sea US Tour:
August 15th: Buffalo, NY—Buffalo Rocks the Harbor
August 16th: Akron, OH—Lock 3 Live
August 17th: Philadelphia, PA—Philly Folk Fest
August 19th: Edgartown, MA—Outerland (Martha’s Vineyard)
August 21st: Rehoboth, Delaware—Bottle and Cork (Dewey Beach)
August 22nd: Vienna, VA—Wolftrap
September 10th: Ann Arbor, MI—Michigan Theatre
September 11th: Madison, WI—Majestic Theatre
September 12th: Minneapolis, MN—State Theatre
September 13th: Chicago, IL—Chicago Celtic Fest
September 14th: Indianapolis, IN—Music Mill
September 16th: Cleveland, OH—House of Blues
September 17th: Columbus, OH—Southern Theatre
September 18th: Pittsburgh, PA—Byham Theatre
September 19th: New York—Nokia Theatre
September 20th: Albany, NY—Irish Fest
October 1st: Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre
October 2nd: San Francisco, CA—Palace Theatre
October 3rd: Los Angeles, CA—House of Blues
October 4th: Santa Barbara, CA—Lobero Theatre
October 5th: San Luis Obispo, CA—Cal Poly Tech Theatre
October 7th: Tucson, AZ—Rialto Theatre
October 8th: Albuquerque, NM—El Ray Theatre
October 9th: Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre
October 10th: Murray, UT—Murray Theatre
October 11th: Boise, ID—Egyptian Theatre
October 12th: Portland, OR—Aladdin Theatre
October 22nd: Rochester, NY—German House
October 23rd: Keene, NH—The Colonial Theatre
October 24th: Boston, MA—The Orpheum
October 26th: Charlotte, NC—Dana Auditorium
October 28th: Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse
October 29th: Raleigh, NC—Fletcher Theatre
October 30th: South Orange, NJ—South Orange PAC
October 31st: Burlington, VT—Flynn Theatre
November 1st: Portland, ME—Merrill Auditorium
November 2nd: Lebanon, NH—Opera House
